Experience and Theory

N. R. Hanson's discussion of experience is criticized. Experience, though necessary for knowing, is insufficient as a basis for understanding in either science or religion. Experience alone can be misleading. We may begin with experience, but we cannot claim to understand until experience has b...

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Published in:Zygon
Authors: Gerhart, Mary (Author) ; Russell, Allan Melvin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2004
In: Zygon
Further subjects:B Phenomenology
B Don Ihde
B Mysticism
B Theory
B N. R. Hanson
B Illusion
B Sense Perception
B direct experience
B instrumentation
B Demonstration
B Mediation
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Summary:N. R. Hanson's discussion of experience is criticized. Experience, though necessary for knowing, is insufficient as a basis for understanding in either science or religion. Experience alone can be misleading. We may begin with experience, but we cannot claim to understand until experience has been mediated by theory. The article is excerpted from Metaphoric Process: The Creation of Scientific and Religious Understanding (Gerhart and Russell 1984), Chapter 2.
ISSN:1467-9744
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Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2004.00555.x